If this MSI is in the field then David's suggestion is the best option. I
was assuming it was a development version on a test system, and you just
wanted to clean that system down.


On 28 August 2013 11:10, David Watson <dwat...@sdl.com> wrote:

>
> Make a minor update msi that fixes the issue and get your users (or write a
> stub that) runs it from the command line with the repair and recache msi
> options.
>
> msiexec /fv your.msi /l*v log.txt
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Ludlow [mailto:john.ludlow...@gmail.com]
> Sent: 28 August 2013 10:34
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: Re: [WiX-users] How to remove custom application with malformed
> uninstall package
>
> You have a couple of options:
>
> Firstly, there's the MSI Cleanup Utility
>
> http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/MSI-cleanup-utility-3889c8db
>
> This is an old tool which I thought had been retired, but it's come in very
> handy. Note that this will not perform any uninstall operations or any MSI
> logic at all. It basically hunts round the MSI registry for evidence of
> your
> install and removes it. Any of your own registry entries or files will not
> be
> removed.
>
> But it's good for cleaning up a broken install.
>
> Secondly, there's it's younger sibling, in the form of a FixIt
> troubleshooter:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/mats/Program_Install_and_Uninstall
>
> This will scan for installs it thinks have problems, ask you a few
> questions,
> then do pretty much the same as the cleanup utility above, though it's
> supposed to do a more intelligent job.
>
> Thirdly, you can find the appropriate MSI in the c:\windows\installer
> cache,
> remove the offending action from the sequence using orca.exe and then try
> to
> uninstall it again.
>
> Lastly, I know some people who swear by CCleaner for this kind of thing:
> http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
>
> Hope one of those suggestions helps.
>
> John
>
>
> On 28 August 2013 10:13, Simon Gerhold <simon.gerh...@cetis.si> wrote:
>
> > I created a setup project with Wix Toolset, which does something like
> this:
> >
> >   *   install (into ProgramFiles/MyApp, Desktop shortcut, StartMenu,...)
> >   *   create a folder ProgramFiles/MyApp/InstallFolder
> >   *   create some files in the folder ProgramFiles/MyApp/InstallFolder
> >   *   run a powershell script, which installs some COM+ components
> > In the ProgramFiles/MyApp/InstallFolder is also a powershell script,
> > which removes my COM+ applications (regsvcs /u). This script is
> > executed as a custom action on uninstall. But here I made a mistake -
> > the custom action had the attribute After="RemoveFiles" (it should of
> > course be Before="RemoveFiles"). Now when I try to uninstall on my
> > application, the uninstall process terminates with the exception
> > "There is a problem with this Windows installer package. A program run
> > as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support
> > personnel or package vendor.". The same exception occurs if I try to
> install/repair/change my application...
> > Is there any possibility to uninstall my application without the last
> > (faulty) custom action? Or to 'overinstall' it somehow?
> > Simon
> >
> >
> > Simon Gerhold, razvojni inženir / Development Engineer Cetis d.d.,
> > Čopova 24, 3000 Celje, Slovenia - EU, T: +386 3 4278 785, F: +386
> > 3 4278 651, www.cetis.si<http://www.cetis.si/>
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